Russia in ground-breaking talks with Syria opposition

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Moaz al-Khatib met Joe Biden, the US Vice President before going on to meet the Russian Foreign MinisterJohannes Simon

Times foreign staff

Last updated at 3:45AM, February 3 2013

Russia has held ground breaking talks with the Syrian opposition, boosting
hopes that differences may be narrowing between Moscow and Washington over
how to end the 22 month old conflict.

Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, who met US Vice President Joe
Biden before going on to meet Moaz al-Khatib, the Syrian National Coalition
leader stressed that he wanted to keep in regular touch with the SNC.

“I reminded Khatib that after the creation of the coalition and the
appointment of their leader, we immediately demonstrated our interest in
maintaining regular contact,” Mr Lavrov said after the meeting on the